Let the Triathlon Begin!

The next few months are going to be so busy! We are going to be doing three different things that should all work together to achieve the maximum effectiveness of all of them. I feel like we are going to be doing a triathlong of treatments. :-)

Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Treatments

Lord willing, we will be leaving on April 6 for China. We are VERY excited about going and looking forward to what the results might be. To be quite honest, we may see no results or we may see dramatic results. We are really praying that she may gain some vision. Here is a quote from Kirshner on some of the improvements that others have seen.

86% of CP kids of all ages under 18 get some type of improvement. Results can vary greatly depending on the childs level of function prior to treatment. I never like to compare the kids because as we know they are all very unique.

One can however make some general statements about the types of improvements that are often reported such as;

Increased ability to motor plan, improved vision, increased cognition, speech, swallow, eating, increased social interaction, smiling, laughing, kissing (one of my favs) and so on.

Vasodialation with Dr. Hammesfahr

The last two weeks of June, Sierra and I will be going to St. Petersburg, FL to see a neurologist there. He does something that no other neurologists in the world do. Dr. Hammesfahr was nominated to receive a nobel prize in medicine for his work with brain injured patients. Here is some information from his website www.brainandstroke.com

We have proven, documented results treating the patients others have given up on. Dr. Hammesfahr is a board certified neurologist who has pioneered a major new therapy for treating neurological conditions such as stroke, brain injury, autism, cerebral palsy, migraine, and others. His technique, awarded a patent for its innovative approach, helps to improve blood flow into damaged or poorly functioning areas of the brain. Damage or narrowing of blood vessels is seen in a large number of chronic neurological diseases. Medicare and others have reviewed and found his technique to be effective and successful in helping those others were unable to help, even years after their injuries. Thousands of patients from all over the globe have been treated successfully over the past 20 years. We have documented success of their recovery and some of their stories are included in this website. We are bringing families together and rebuilding lives...one patient at a time.

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Ninety days after receiving stem cell treatments, we will begin putting Sierra in the hyperbaric oxygen chamber. We were able to buy a chamber locally at a great price and thanks to Sierra's great-grandmother Fedelem, we have an oxygen concentrator to use with it! Doing the hyberbaric treatments will be like "adding Miracle-Gro" (as others have said) to the stem cell treatments. It will help those new cells grow.